The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 490
... Choiseul wanted to make a separate peace with England . Spain was likely to join in the war if England's peace terms did not satisfy France . Hence , though willing to offer terms , Choiseul was not negotiating like a really beaten ...
... Choiseul wanted to make a separate peace with England . Spain was likely to join in the war if England's peace terms did not satisfy France . Hence , though willing to offer terms , Choiseul was not negotiating like a really beaten ...
Page 491
... Choiseul wanted not a lasting peace but a truce , in which he could reorganise French resources . On 24 June , the British Cabinet all agreed to reject the claims for redefining the boundaries of Canada and for restoring to France Cape ...
... Choiseul wanted not a lasting peace but a truce , in which he could reorganise French resources . On 24 June , the British Cabinet all agreed to reject the claims for redefining the boundaries of Canada and for restoring to France Cape ...
Page 695
... Choiseul took alarm . The financial condition of France and the domestic troubles of Spain , occasioned by the ... Choiseul's policy was now to delay the settlement of outstanding questions with Great Britain and to ménager les esprits ...
... Choiseul took alarm . The financial condition of France and the domestic troubles of Spain , occasioned by the ... Choiseul's policy was now to delay the settlement of outstanding questions with Great Britain and to ménager les esprits ...
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